Araceli Navarro Laso (born August 9, 1989) is a Spanish sabre fencer. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's sabre event at the

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held in Cairo, Egypt. Navarro represented Spain at the

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, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event. At the Olympics, she defeated Mexico's

Angélica Larios Angélica Larios Delgado (born March 13, 1981) is a Mexican sabre fencer. She won a silver medal, as a member of the Mexican fencing team, in the same weapon at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Larios represented Mexico at the ...

in the preliminary round of sixty-four, before she was forced to retire in her next match against United States'

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, because of a dislocated left shoulder injury, with a score of 7–12.

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1989 births Living people Fencers from Madrid Spanish female sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Spain Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games World Fencing Championships medalists 21st-century Spanish women European Games competitors for Spain Fencers at the 2023 European Games {{Spain-fencing-bio-stub